(Fade in to Beast standing in front of an EPW backdrop.)
Beast: Wow. Just.... wow.
You can count to five, Red.
Congratulations.
You must be American.
There, do you feel disrespected now?
I mean really, is that all you've got? Wahh, Beast didn't cower before me! Wahh, Beast disrespected me! Wahh, my ***** hurts!
Is that it, Red? You felt slighted because I didn't feel like taking part in your master plan to bring the Onslaught main event to a screeching halt by going to the ring and sitting on our hands? That's just brilliant. Are you some kind of rocket scientist or something? Do you really want to know what would happen? Do you really want to know what would happen if we just went out there and put on a Seinfeld episode
and did a match about nothing?
IF you weren't fired, you'd be busted down to jerking the curtain every night. Dan Ryan would humiliate you to no end.
I know. I've been there.
But you're going to take the fight to Dan Ryan, aren't you, Red? You're going to kick his ass, is that right?
Yep, you're American all right.
"If we can't f*ck it or make it do what we want, we'll just beat the sh*t out of it."
Sounds like a typical American to me.
It's that kind of logic that makes the rest of the world look down their noses at Americans and think you're a bunch of idiots. And the rest of the world is right on the mark, for the most point. But, I guess I'd never accuse a hick bar owner drunk of using logic in the first place.
There's your disrespect, b*tch.
So while you're going to stage your own personal little strike, I'm going to hit Dan where it really hurts. His pride. The last thing that Dan wants is me as his World Champion. He didn't even want to give me a shot - even though I was screwed out of the title in the first place. But I went and TOOK it from him, Red. I TOOK the fight to Dan Ryan, Red. I already did what you're so desperate to do. I beat his ass up one side of Black Dawn and down the other, and I took what was owed me.
But you can sit back there and think that you're SO much better than me. You can think that just because you're American, that makes you better by default. Too bad you weren't around for the big Canada-USA in A1E. One which I won, by the way. You can trumpet your BIG win against Beast - a win you needed to cheat to get - all you want. If that's what it takes to make you get to sleep at night and not curl up in your pink bunny jammies with your thumb in your mouth worrying about whether the world respects you - then fine.
The rest of the world knows the truth, and you coming out here and trying to pass off a grab of the tights an "ass kicking" just makes you look like a total ass.
But in all seriousness, congrats, Red. With maybe one or two exceptions, you're the World Champion of a backwater federation full of homos, has beens, and never-will-be's. Whereas I am on top of two of the biggest federations in our business. And when it's time to face Lindsay Troy for the EPW title, I'll stick it to Dan Ryan where it really hurts.
But don't worry, Red. Keep fighting the good fight - keep doing NOTHING
In the meantime, I'm going to sit back and try and pick apart the brainteaser you left me with about getting my ass kicked simply because I had the blessing to just be in the same ring as you. I guess that means that I have to hunt down all the greats that I've faced over the years, and tell guys like Housefly, Big Dog, Chip Friendly, Dan Ryan, Christian Sands, and a list of others, that even though they defeated me, that I truly was the one that kicked THEIR ass, just because they were in the same ring as me.
I have a better idea, Red. Why don't you go tell the guys from Anarchy - you know, the guys you couldn't beat for six months straight - that you kicked their asses. Make sure you bring a decibel meter, cause I'd sure as hell would like to know how loud they laughed. Why don't you tell Andrew Gilkison that you kicked his ass, even though he beat you to retain the Cyber Title? Oh, I know, go tell James Irish that even though he defeated you to retain his Triple Star Title, that it was indeed you that kicked his ass. I'd imagine the conversation would go something like this:
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Red: Hey James.
James: Yeah?
Red: Just letting you know I kicked your ass.
James: Huh?
Red: I kicked your ass. You know, the match we had for the Triple Star Title?
James: Yyyeaaaaahhh.....?
Red: I kicked your ass.
James: Um, Red? I beat you. I'm still the A1E Triple Star Champion.
Red: Doesn't matter. I still kicked your ass.
James: Um, ok. And this is because...?
Red: You were in the same ring as me. That means I kicked your ass.
James: Sure thing. Whatever you say, pal.
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Beast: Do you even realize how f*cking stupid that sounds?
Man, and you're the one that's calling ME a moron.
Funny how that goes, huh?
But don't worry, Red. I got tons of disrespect to go around.
The most of which is going to happen when I destroy you at Onslaught.
Score? Beast wins.
And that's all that matters.
(Fade out.)